wow Bhagyashri... did you type up all this? usha di =====
On Sep 20, 3:23 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Prasadji. > To my surprise this too has a lot of medicinal value and it is edible too > > Common name: Shiny Bush, Slate pencil plant, pepper elder, rat's ear, shiny > bush, silverbush • Malayalam: Mashitandu chedi • Assamese: Pononoa • > Sanskrit: Toyakandha, Varshabhoo > > Parts utilized > > Leaves and stems. > > Constituents and properties > > • Considered anti-inflammatory, refrigerant, analgesic, antifungal, > anticancer. > > • Study yielded 5 new bioactive compounds: two secolignans, two > tetrahydrofuran lignans, and one highly methoxylated dihydronaphthalenone. > source > > Uses > > Nutritional > > Leaves and stems may be eaten as vegetable. > > In salads, the fresh plant has the crispness of carrot sticks and celery. > > Folkloric > > Infusion and decoction of leaves and stems are used for gout and arthritis. > > Externally, as a facial rinse for complexion problems. > > Pounded whole plant used as warm poultice for boils, pustules and pimples. > > In Bolivia, decoction of roots used for fever; aerial parts for wounds. > > Used for headaches, rhumatic pains, impotence. > > In Brazil, used to lower cholesterol; for treatment of abscesses, furuncles > and conjunctivitis > > New uses > > Belongs to the "preferred list" of Philippine medicinal plants, being > studied for its use in the treatment of arthritis and gout. > > For arthritis: Leaves and stems of the fresh plant may be eaten as salad. > Or, as an infusion, put a 20-cm plant in 2 glasses of boiling water; and 1/2 > cup of this infusion is taken morning and evening. > > Studies > > • Analgesic / Antiinflammatory: Extract study of aerial parts of PP tested > in rats and mice exhibited anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. > > • CNS Depressant Activity: Study of peperomia leaf extract showed > dose-dependent depressant effects probably due to psychoactive substances > that are CNS depressant. > > • Antipyretic: Study of PP leaf extract on rabbits showed antipyretic > effects comparable to a standard aspirin. > > • Antibacterial: Study of methanolic extract of PP exhibited a very good > level of broad spectrum antibacterial activity. > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:25 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > I think this is *Peperomia. *Probably* P. **pellucida.* > > > Regards > > > Prasad > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Request for identification > > >> Date/Time-Sep 2011 > > >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- probably wild > > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- herb > > >> Height/Length- about 4 cms in height > > >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > > >> Inflorescence Type/ Size- I do not know how to describe this whether what > >> I see as 2 long stick like inflorescence > > >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen > > >> Regards > > >> Bhagyashri > > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: [email protected] > > ph. 09437444241
